County Fair Judging Results Explained [We Rocked It]

This year we decided to enter our canned goods into our two county fairs. We are very pleased with our results and thought we would take this opportunity to explain our county fair judging results. County fairs do such a good job supporting our kids and encouraging self-reliance and a continuation of the lost arts that we wanted to help support them. One of the funding parameters that they have to meet is to have a certain number of canned goods submitted. In addition, this can be a great place to meet with other avid canners and get ideas to improve and diversify your canning pantry. It is also a good outside source of quality control. The judges are very candid and will let you know what you can do better.

We brought 45 different canned goods. 39 of our canned items received first place selections with 9 being considered for best of class/show and 4 being chosen. We did have 4 that received second place and 2 that were placed in third. After looking at our results we felt it would be beneficial to do a post on fair judging, as canning for consumption and canning for being entered into a show are two entirely different things.

We assessed the scorecards and talked with some judges and canning area superintendents at our fairs to help shine some light on just what the judges are looking for.

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Intro 00:00
Fair Entry 00:12
What we are going to talk about. 01:18
Our Fair Entry Results 01:58
Fair Entry Requirements 03:15
Headspace 04:30
Appropriate Sized Jar and Canning Processing Time for Product and Altitude 07:10
Different Spreads 09:43
Uniformity in Produce - Asparagus 11:50
Jam/Jelly Layering 12:45
Floating Fruit in Preserves 13:36
Fruit Butters 15:41
Fruit Juice 16:25
Canned Fruit 16:55
Bread and Butter Pickles + Best of Show Efforts 17:45
Vinegar 19:45
Runny Jams and Preserves 21:30
Judging Comments 22:03
Wrap-up and Summary 25:26
1945 State Fair Musical - Canning Segment 26:38

To Marie and Emmaline the lost arts are the useful knowledge related to simple living, country living, modern homesteading, and old-fashioned traditions that are not readily being passed down from generation to generation as they used to. It includes sustainable living skills like gardening, canning basics, and homesteading skills. Some of Marie and Emmaline's favorite hard skills include boiling water bath canning, pressure canning, steam juicing, dehydrating, and fermenting our own food to add to our pantries and food storage.

What Are the Lost Arts? Lost arts are the basic skills for self-sufficient living that have been forgotten or replaced by modern technology. --- WISDOM PRESERVED

Marie and Emmaline’s friendship was almost instantaneous. Within 20 minutes of their first meeting, they were discussing their shared passion for the lost arts. Their collective enthusiasm has created this worthy endeavor, and their individual strengths have made a project of this magnitude possible.